Saponins Used in Traditional and Modern Medicine

ISBN-13: 9780306453939 / Angielski / Twarda / 1996 / 606 str.

George R. Waller; Kazuo Yamasaki

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''A wealth of information...these two volumes will be immensely valuable to anyone having to deal with this difficult group of compounds.'' ---Biochemical Systematics and Ecology, from a review of Saponins Used in Traditional and Modern Medicine and Saponins Used in Food and Agriculture

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Commercial Utilization and Biosynthesis: Commercial Utilization of Plantderived Saponins: An Overview of Medicinal, Pharmaceutical, and Industrial Applications; M.F. Balandrin Steroid Glycosides from Suspension Cultures of Dioscorea deltoidea Cells and Their Biological Activity; I.S. Vasil'eva, V.A. Paseshnichenko Glycosidases that Convert Natural Glycosides to Bioactive Compounds; C.K. Sung, et al. Purification and Properties of UDPGlucose: Diosgenin/Tigogenin Glucosyltransferase from Solanum Melongena Leaves; C. Packowski, Z.A. Wojciechowski Inhibition of Diseases of Mankind: Antitumorpromoting Activities of Triterpenoid Glycosides. Cancer Prevention by Saponins; T. Konoshima Steroidal Saponins from the Liliaceae Plants and Their Biological Activities; Y. Mimaki, Y. Sashida Modified Steroidal Glycosides with Potential Biological Activity; D. Iurea, et al. Search for Molluscidal and Antifungal Saponins from Tropical Plants; K. Hostettmann, et al. Antifungal and Hemolytic Activities: 19 New Steroidal Saponins from Allium Plants: Isolation, Structural Elucidation and Effect on Blood Coagulability; J.P. Peng, X.S. Yao Fungitoxic Activity of Saponins, Practical Use and Fundamental Principles; K. Gruiz 36 additional articles. Appendix. Index.